This is why it's called a "Hill Town"

Salvatore couldn't park the bus anywhere near the town or he'd have to pay a hefty parking fee. He was able to stop for 5 minutes and let us off in a parking lot below the old town. It took us about ten minutes in the nasty heat to hike up to the walls of the town.

Day Three (Monday)

June 26th 2006
What a great night's sleep I had! I actually had to pull out the blanket from the armoire as it became freezing cold in my room. I wasn't about to mess with the thermostat and maybe knock out the a/c. I sleep best when I'm a little chilly anyway. We had to get up early (7:00 am) because we were leaving early in order to drive clear across the country to Florence. Normally it would take a li ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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